How do I deactivate my Xitter account?

[ShazzieB]

I decided to join the masses who have been rushing over to join bluesky. If anyone wants to find me over there, my username is @bluestatebeliever.bsky.social.

Next step: Kick Xitter and its evil overlord to the curb. Only I can't figure out how to do it.

I could Google, but I thought I'd rather ask my DU friends first.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Why not just abandon it?

I don't plan on deactivating my Twitter acct. I've been ignoring it.

[ShazzieB]

4. I want to dissociate myself completely from Elon and the nasty dumpster fire he's created over there.

I've been ignoring the account for years, but I want to wash my hands of it completely. Deactivation will send a message that just staying away doesn't.

I've just been reading that there is a surge in deactivations going on since the election, and I want to be part of it!

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Did you see this page?

https://help.x.com/en/managing-your-account/how-to-deactivate-x-account Good luck!

[ShazzieB]

8. Yeah, I already found that and tried following the directions.

It wanted my password, which I couldn't remember, so I went to "change password," clicked "forgot password," and started following those instructions. Instead of sending me a link to reset my password like most websites, it kept asking for additional pieces of information. I finally hit a dead-end when it asked for my phone number. It didn't like either my cell number or my land line. I think there's something fishy going on. I'm just trying to change my danged password, not even trying to deactivate yet, and it keeps throwing up roadblocks!

[ariadne0614]

2. They make it difficult, if not impossible.

My reading comprehension is fully functional. I followed their instructions x4. At this point, I could do it in my sleep. Each attempt led to a dead end— “Oops! Something went wrong. Try again later.” What do they want with me if I don’t want them?

[ShazzieB]

5. Elon probably doesn't like to see the number of active memberships go down.

I guess it hurts his widdle fee-fees.

It doesn't really surprise me that he'd deliberately make it as hard as possible. Which just makes me want to do it that much more!

I guess I'll do some googling and see if I can pick up some pointers.

[JoseBalow]

3. Insult Elon

[ShazzieB]

7. LOL!

I wonder what it would take. I guess I could just post "fuck Donald Trump and his South African lapdog" over and over and see if he notices.

That sounds like a lot of trouble, though. I think I'll see if I can figure out how to deactivate first.